Thought-Provoking Column on Teachers
I found this section particularly compelling:
"Having spent the past year studying educational success stories, I find myself increasingly convinced that much of what ails American schools can be traced to a bureaucracy that: (a) doesn't pay enough; (b) does too little to encourage and reward creativity; (c) doesn't give principals authority over who works in their schools; (d) makes it nearly impossible to fire bad teachers.
As Dolan put it, "I don't think you can pay a good teacher enough and I don't think you can fire a bad teacher fast enough." (italics mine).
"Teachers are generally very optimistic," said KIPP co-founder Dave Levin. "Unfortunately what happens is, you don't have a lot of examples in this country of systemic success and success at scale. You might have a good teacher there or a good teacher here, but you don't get enough concentration within a school or a district to have a cycle of success." "
Comments
and then getting the money to pay for the ideas,
and getting rid of stupid ideas?
why is this never on the table ?
... because we're a country loaded with credentialed managers who think making powerpoints is manager work, NOT a country of managers who have better skills at organizing, hence, they are the managers.
blame the teachers and don't pay for anything ... yawn.
anon again